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I think that was Busytown
Stephen Miles Uzzo, PhD.
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On Oct 26, 2012, at 2:15 PM, Eric Siegel wrote:
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> I believe there were also cranes in the omsi exhibition about building for young children, sorry I don't remember the name. It was very popular when we had it here.
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> On Oct 26, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Martin Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Off the top of my head make the crane visitor operated. This will be the
>> best thing since sliced bread for your visitors. Many years ago we had an
>> exhibition called Big Machines which featured visitor operated construction
>> machinery. I was not at the Hall then and only heard about it. Maybe some
>> of my colleagues who were here will chime in.
>>
>> Martin
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>> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Tina Wirt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Hi all. We are looking to begin a project on custom cranes (the
>>> construction
>>> type.not the animal type) and I am curious to get some input on the
>>> following topics:
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If your museum was interested in adding a crane to your exhibit collection,
>>> what type of interactives or movement would you like to see? Vertical
>>> movement, Horizontal movement, base rotation...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If your museum currently has a crane, can you provide any pro's or con's
>>> for
>>> the activities it offers or problems you have been faced with which have
>>> ultimately lead to eliminating tasks or movements in order to eliminate
>>> safety factors or have easier maintainability.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If there are any other comments in regards to cranes in the museum
>>> environment, I would be interested in those as well.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tina M. Wirt
>>>
>>> Director
>>>
>>> Explorabotics
>>>
>>> www.explorabotics.com
>>>
>>>
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